Trust and Truth during America’s Age of Anxiety

• In Event: The Psychology of COVID-19

Brief Overview

Using county-level data, we trace the causes of "epistemic fragility" in the US to cognitive vulnerabilities associated with declining vertical trust.

Authors

• Carl Levan, American University

• Assen Assenov, American University

• Kimberly D Tower, American University

• Nicolette Carnahan, American University